?hb Omaha Daily Bee VOL. 50 NO. 89. Eaton u t0M-CIM Matt May 21, 1996. M toilw r. 0. UaK At of Mirth S. I7. OMAHA, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1920. ' By Malt (I mrl tail 4th Zona. Dill Saaa'ay. Wi Dally Only, H; Suaar. 14 THREE CENTS 0uW4th Zui (I ur) pany ana aunaay, ciaj; vany vaij, , . fin JVU ; . 8 Players Indicted; 2 Confess True Bills Returned Against Seven Regular and One Former Member of , , Chicago Team. Tell of Throwing Games , Uy The A.aoc luted Pfeaa. Chicago, Sept.- 28. Indictments were voted against eight base ball stars today and confessions ob tained from two of them, when the Old Roman, Charles A. Comiskey, ,wner of the otttime champion Chi cago White Sox, smashed his pen nant-chasing machine to clean up base ball. The confessions told how the Sox threw last year's world's championship to Cincinnati for tptoney paid by gamblers. t Seven Sox regulars and one for fo.nr player- had true bills voted frainst them bv the Cook 'county ' tand jury and the seven were im mediately suspended bv Mr.. Co- l miskey. With his team only halfd i .. , i i? y a game ucninu ine leaguc-ieaaing Cleveland Indians, the White Sox owners served notice on his seven v stars that if they were found guilty, he would drive them out of organ ir.ed base ball for the rest of their n- ylives. . v Lift Curtain on Hearings. I Officials of Chief Justice Charles ; .McDonald's court, desirous of giv ing the national game the benefit of publicity in its purging, lifted the curtain 6n the grand jury proceed ings sufficiently to show a great t , hitler, Joe Jackson, declaring that he deliberately just tPPd the bal1: a picture of one of the world's most famous nitchers. Cicotte. in. tears and f. glimpses of alleged bribes of $5,000 f ' or $10,000 discovered under pillows 1 . t 1 t ..Ut.,,,, nkMtfr Or on ucus wjrittiiivua ...i..vg to retire. "it - ', Around the court room at one time or another were some of base ball'! greatest Readers, among them John J. McGraw, manager of .the New York Giants, awaiting a call to testify tomorrow, and John tieyaier president of the National league who went before .the grand jurors this Th exact nature of the informa tion Mr Cominsky put before the grand jury was not disclosed. The men whom the jury involved as a result of testimony uncovered by their owner were: . Eddie Cicotte, star pitcher who waived immunity and confessed, ac cording to court attaches that he took a $10,000 bribe. Arnold (Chick) Gandil, former first baseman. ' "Shoeless Joe" Jackson, heavy hit ting left fielder. Oscar (Happy) Felsch, cener fieWer. . 6t0P. Claude Williams, pitcher. George (Buck) Weaver.' thin! baseman. , Fred McMullin, utility jHyer. .... W,,.Vi T3tn. wuu.w - While the grand jurors voted their true bills, the Old Roman, seated in the midst of his crum . bling empire out at the White Sox hark, issued the telegram suspend , Ing those involved, paid off Weaver, Cicotte and Jackson on the spot and announced that checks for pay due thf others would be sent them at ronce. With his voice trembling. Mr. r,:,i, tia nwned the White Sox since the inception of the Amer ican league, said this was the first time scandal had ever Vouched his ( "family," and that it distressed him too much to talk about it. The rush of players to bare their nart in the affair started today when Cicotte appeared at criminal court building and asked permission to stify. Cicotte wept, court auaenrs i said, and exclaimed in anguisn nis4ceuca or marked "paid in any sorrow for his two small Children, as he told how he did his utmost to lose rather than win th 1919 world series, after he. had "found $10,- 000 beneath his bedroom pillow, where it had been placed by pro fessional gamblers. ' Cicotte Tells Story. He said he lobbed the ball to the plate so slowly "you could read the trade mark on it. in the first game at Cincinnati, when he was taken out of the box after three and two thirds innings had been played. V The details of Cicotte's confession follow closely the story told in Phil adelphia last night by Billy Maharg. tnrmer nrize fiarhter. it was stated. Cicotte told thr grand Jury, it was announced, that he received $10,000 for his part in tossing the series. He never saw the man whopaid the money," he said. He was told he would find the $10,000 under his pillow in his hotel room on the night before the first game at dm cinnati, and when he returned to his room the money was there. Joe Jackson received $5,000. tike y'neotte, he found the money in his I bed when he returned to his" room I on the night before the first game. Mrs. Henrietta Kellev, a widow, v, in whose home several of the White Sox players roomed, was called be fore the grand jury after Jackson. She is reported to have overheard a conversation in which Cicotte told his brother, Jchn, after the first ame was lost, that, "l aon t care; i cot mine. v ; Hit First Batter. Last year's world series records show that in the first inning of the first game Cicotte started by hit ting Rath, first Cincinnati batter, in the back. Daubert followed with a (Cratlaaml m fan Two, Cetua One.) Ball Player Who Confessed ' Sg ?s Cox Is Sox "Sold" World Sera Dnwri fnn 1 m rr Mhnwi nun iiiiiiiTOiiiiiiiiiiii " i 1 iSt6$2 ttsTsJMK JEa TVs rg&&2 Mraf it - : t 'i s - I m , - ,Ti j Xdcltci Cicdtte, Huge Fraud iii i Liberty Bonds . Is Discovered Secretary of Treasury Dis closes Fact That Millions Cir culating in Duplicate Num bered Securities. i Bf Cnlvtraal Serrlce. Washington, Sept.' 28. The startl ing charge that many millions of dollars in duplicata numbered Liberty bonds are in circulation in the United States was made public here today in a letter sent o Secretary of the Treasury Houston by J. W. Mc Carter, who recently, resigned as as sistant registrar of the treasury. Mr. McCarier also alleges that millions of dollars worth cf other Liberty bonds which were paid off bv the treasury but were never can celled are also again in circulation. Many such bonds, he says, nave been stolen from the treasury, If Mr. McCarter s allegations are true, then many bonds now held by some of the 21,000.000 Liberty bond subscribers, have already been paid eft by the government.. It would appear, however, that tlu's stupend ous loss being due to the alleged carelessness of the government will fall upon the treasury and not upon holders of the bonds. , ' In his letter Mr. McCarter gives a lone list of bonds, with their numbers and denominations, ' which he declares were redeemed and reached the paid securities vault for destruction just as they were orig inallv issued, without beine can- manner whatevr. An equally alarming situation is said to exist with regard to large certificates. In his letter Mr. Mc Carter asks for an explanation as to why billions of dollars worth of such certificates "payable to iearer" not cancelled and not tearing the mark of "paid or surrendered," but which were ready for circulation, have been permitted to pass through the hands of numerous unbonded officials and Lclerks of the .Treasury department uniu mey reatneu fc uiviswu u paid securities for delivery to the destruction committee. "Why were not these securities marked 'paid-surrendered' or in some way cancelled, so that they could not be again circulated before they made this long round and leached their final destination as above stated?" asked Mr. McCarter. Post-Mortem Shows Special Officer Shot to Death Aberdeen, Wash., Sept. 28. A post mortem examination showed that Nicholas Koleski, special officer in vestigating moonshine" cases, had been shot five times in the head and body. His body was found Sunday in a creek in the woods near here, covered by planks and grass. Kol?s ki was last seen some days ago and it is presumed he was killed by moonshiners. , Soil Expert on Stand. Medford, Ore., Srpt. 28. George Austin, formerly soil expert of the Utah-Idaho Sugar Co., was the first witness at the continuation of the hearing before the Federal Trade commission on the charge of re strain of trade - against the - com pany, . ' W.VtW Jig 1 1 1 1 W v.v.-. Sit V.'.yfr wAaWf Cox Faces Busy Day In Tour of --South: Dakota . Democratic Presidential' Can didate Has Sixteen Speeches ' Scheduled for Today First at Sioux City. Sioux City, la., Sept. 28. Gover nor Cox of Ohio, democratic presi dential candidate, began a strenuous day in Sioux City with a platform talk from the rear of his train, at 7:50 this morning. Sixteen speeches are on the schedule of the day's tour of South Dakota, which . will end at Sioux Falls this evening. In his talk here Governor Cox de fended the world league and as sailed the senatorial "oligarchy." He declared that the falling of price? of food products was partly due to the failure of the United States to enter the wprld league, the Euro pean nations being unable to buy American products because they can not get the necessary credit. In referring to. the heckling -of Senator Harding in his Baltimore address last night. Cox asserted that Harding resented questions as to his position on the world league, while he invited them. He also de clared that if Roosevelt had been alive, the republicans would not dared to nominate a man who rep resented the senate oligarchy. Many South Dakota democratic leaders joined Governor Cox in Sioux City and made the tour of that state with him today. Among the Dakotans on the train are Louis N. Crill, Elk Point, state democratic chairman; Guy H. Harvey, Fort Pierre, state secre tary; John A.Bowler. Sioux Falls: Mark Sheafe, Watertown; George L. Ford, Aberdeen; Dave Finnegan, Yankton, all members of the state executive . committee; James . Met, Centerville, national committeeman: Mrs. William Hickey, Sioux Falls, national committee woman; U. S. G. Cherry, Sioux Falls, nominee for United States senate; Rajph E. Jhon son, Sioux Falls, nominee for congress in the first district: W. W. Hawes, of Wolsey, candidate for governor; Mrs. Anna C. Struble, Centerville, first district chairman; Mrs. L. L. Leavitt, Sioux Falls, woman's state chairman; Mrs. Enola Snodgrass, Interior, third district chairman; Mrj. James . E. Bird of Watertown. Old Battleshipsto Be Used As Target for Coast Guns Washington, Sept. 28. Destruc tive effect of the nation's coast de fense guns against an armqred war ship will be tested for the first time in an experimental bombardment of the old battleship Massachusetts. The Massachusetts will be turned over to theWar department about November 1 to be used as a target for the 12-inch coast guns and mortars of Pensacola, Fla. Although the Massachusetts was constructed about 20 years ago her armor approximates that of the latest battleships. The Ship will bed anchored at a range of about three miles. First Snow at Duluth. Duluth, Sept 28. The first snow of the season fell in Duluth today. The fall was !igh ; ayKuwl By Wilson Mrs. Robinson, Sister of For mer President Roosevelt, Bitter Against League of Nations As Planned. ft Explains Brother s Stand Mrs. Corinne Roosevelt Robinson, $ j rister of former President Roose- : vdt, delivered an address last night f ! in the city auditorium in support of the republican national ticket. Her appeal, ot course, is as much for the men as for women, for she has come to the middle west for the special purpose , of impressing the fact that those who were nearest to T. R. resent the way the democratic nominees try to get behind Ine shield of the Roosevelt name "My brother made it plain before he died that he considered the poli cies of the democratic administration the most sinister menace to, Amer ican ideals," she declared in an in terview at the Hotel Fontenelle yes terday. "When the democrats try to lure the1 old progressives into' the ranks of the democratic party by attempting to make them feel that they have the party of progress -hey are trying to lure them away from the ideas of the great progressive leader.' Would Be for Harding., "Colonel Roosevelt felt that the republican party was the only one of vision in the United States in the last five years. In 1916 he was be hind Justice Hughes for the presi dency. If he were here now, pro vided his health had been so bad that he could not have been the republican no'minee himself. which I personally believe he would have been if he had been strong, he would have done everything to insure the election of Senator Harding and to restore the party of progress ' and peace to power. I know his . son, Theodore, feels the same as I. "I am devoted to my cousin, Franklin Roosevelt. On his own merit he might have won any nomi nation for office. But he seems -to have a misconception of where the paign. "I come to warn the west that when any democrat addresses him self to progressives he does not bear the tongue, though he may bear the name, Roosevelt. , Our Own Rights First. "Progressiveness is 'vision and preparedness for the future. We must think of our affairs and put our own house in order before we can ) help Europe. Unless a nation is able to run itself capably, it will not be able to help others. Colonel Roosevelt, in a speech at Lewfston, Me., in 1918, put it in this way: "Our first duty is to protect our own rights, the second to stand up for the rights of others." "My brother felt that President Wilson, after trying to keep us out of ' a righteous war in which he knew yre would have' to enter not onlv for altruistic reasons, but to protect ourselves, was later with the (Continued on Fake Three, Column Two.) Police Keep Crowds Back at Funeral of Motion Picture Star New York, Sept. 28. Funeral serv ices for Olive Thomas, motion pic ture star, who died in Paris, Septem ber 10, drew such a crowd mount ed police had to open a path for the cortege. Thousands 'of theatrical fo?k and movie devotees tried to crowd into St. Thomas Episcopal church, while many others blocked Fifth avenue outside. Screen stars, serving as pallbear ers, who followed a squad of police with the hearse, around which The crowd was thickest, were shoved ctide ' when hundreds sought a glimpse of their movie favorites. Many( women fainted In the crush. More than a dozen automobiles were required to convey floral offer ings from the church. The body was taken to Woodlawn cemetery. Attorney Who Heckled Harding Is Dismissed ' Baltimore, Sept. 28. Edward A. Ryan, who said he was a lawyer with offices in Worcester, Mass., and Washington, and who was ar rested last night after interrupting Senator Harding during the latter's speech with questions about the league of nations, was dismissed In police court No one appeared tp press the charge of disorderly con duct against him. G L. Tait, re publican state chairman, wrote to Police Marshal Carter declaring that none of those' in charge of the meeting had (ordered Ryan's arrest. Longshoremen in Favor Of Renewing Wage Contract New York, Sept. 28. Renewal of this vear's wage contract between the International Longshoremen's association and steamship owners now is assured by returns from the referendum vote taken among union members, T. V. O Connor, president of the association, annoflnced to day. ; Mr. O'Connor said that so far fully 90 -per cent of the members present was in favor of the renewal. The decision affects more than 1000 men in the Atlantic and Gulf ports. Don't Care How Hard French Pilot Wins Bennett Cup Race American Aviators Forced Out of Competition Shortly After Start of Trophy Contest Etampes, Sept. 28. (By The As sociated Press.) adi LeCointe, the famous French aviator, today won .the international airplane race for the James Gordon Bennett trophy. He covered the course ot 300 kilometers, or 18.13 miles in 1 hour, 6 minutes, 171-5 seconds. F. P. Raynham, the sole British rep resentative, withdrew after covering the first lap. After the race had been in progress less than an hour the contest had narrowed down to a possible three competitors-, one of .them Maj. P. W. Schroeder, an American. t Major Schroeder shortly after-j ward also was eliminated, with-' drew soon after starting,1 because of drawing after flying 100 kilometers because of ignition trouble. Howard difficulty with the steering , mc rhanism. . The Americans thuswere Rinehart, the other American, with out of the race. - De Romanet. one of the French competitorswithdrew after the sec ond lap. Kirsch, a second French man, withdrew after making kilometers in 48 minutes, 52 sec onds. Lewis Asks Protection For Union Organizers Springfield, 111., Sept. 28. Protec tion for union organizers in the nonunion-coal fields in southeastern Kentucky, and punishment of he people who blew up the room of two organizers at Garrett, Ky., Sunday night, was asked by President John L. Lewis, of thejUnited Mine Work ers, in a telegrajm tonight to Gov ernor Edwin P. Morrow of Ken tucky. Frank Davis and P. J. Cuyelir. the organizers, are in a hospital at Garrett, seriously injured, according to the telegram. Their sleeping room in the hotel was demolished. Drys Ask Candidates for Stand on Liquor Issue New York, Sept. 281 Senator Harding and Governor Cox have been asked by Daniel A. Poling, president ' of the National Temper ance council, "whether, if elected, you will use your official power to prevent the weakening of the pro hibition laws now in effect and your appointive power for their enforce ment." Mr. Poling telegraphed his ques tions to the candidates in the name of the Temperance Council, and Christian Endeavor. New York Fog Lifts. New York, Sept. 28. Sudden lift ing of the fog which for three days hung over the .New York harbor resulted in one of the heaviest days in shipping that New York has ever experienced. More than 60 arrivals icre reported, , Man Charged With ' ' Theft of Spreckels' Jewels Disappears Los Angeles, Sept. 28. Captain William M. Barrett, wanted in Lon don on charges. ot embezzling a valuable necklace from Mrs. John D. Spreckels, jr., was still being searched for by federal and city police officers today. The warrant granted by United States Commissioner Long for Bar rett's arrest and extradition to Eng land was requested by the British government. It was charged he had embezzled a necklace from Mrs. John D. (Spreckels, jr. The value of the necklace was placed at 16.500 pounds sterling. This would make the necklace worth approximately $50,000, although previous dispatches had placed its value at a much higher figure. Detective Sergeant Cline, who had Barrett under surveillance previous to the issuance of the warrant, was detailed by federal authorities to take him into custody. Cline today expressed his belief that the captain had escaped. Mrs. Bergdoll Found Guilty o Aiding Two Sons to Evade Draft 'Philadelphia. Sept. 28. Mrs. Emma C. Bergdoll and her four co defendants were found guilty to night of conspiracy to aid two of her sons, Grover and Erwin, evade the draft. The verdict was returned before Judge Dickinson in the United States district court. ' Japanese Firms Complete Ships for United States Washington, Sept. 28. Cargo steamers aggregating 374,000 tous have been completed by Japanese shipping manufacturers for the ship ping board in exchange for 250,00 tons of steel, according to a report from Tpkio to the department of commerce. This exchange was iii accprdance with the contract be tween the shipping board and the Japanese shipbuilders, consequent upon the prohibition of steel expor tation by the American government during the war. Shipping Board Reduces Number of Men Employed Washington, Sept. 2H. A cut in its personnel of 3,324 employes, re sulting in a decrease in the payroll of $5,530,372 dfaring the fiscal year of 1920, was announced by the ship ping board. On July , 1, 1919, the board stated that its employes num bered 11,706, with an annual payroll of $22,299,676, and on July 1, 1920, there were 8,482 emplpyes, With a payroll of $5,530,372 Name Farmer-Labor Ticket. Albuquerque, N. M.. Sept. 28. The farmer-labor party of New Mexico in convention here, nomi nated a full state ticket. W. E. McGrath is the nominee for governor, It Rains Sixth Boston Bank Ordered Closed Fidelity Trust Company, That Experienced Run Monday, Taken Over. I Boston, Sept.' 28. Bank Commis sioner Joseph C. Allen today took over the affairs of the Fidelity Trust company. His action marked the closing of the sixth bank institution in this city within two months. The others were the Hanover Trust company, of which Charles Ponzi, the "financial wizard," was a direc tor and largest individual depositor, the Prudential and Cosmopolitan Trust companies, and two small private banks. The capital of the Fidelity is $3, 000,000 and, according to the latest available statement from the com pany, had a surplus of $700,000. Its deposits totalled about $18,000,000. James G. Ferguson, its president, is affiliated with several other finan cial and industrial institutions, as is Edwin T. McKnight, the vice presi dent. The latter is president of the state senate. The Fidelity yester day invoked the law requiring 90 days' notice for withdrawal of "sav ings deposits. The reasons for the closing of the bank, Commissioner Allen said, were "the steady with drawal of deposits, and slow and doubtful loans." Seek Dissolution of Big , Theatrical Partnership New York. SeDt. 28. Dissolution of the partnership of Abraham L. trlanger and Marc Klaw, theatrical promoters, is sought by Mr. Er langer in a supreme court action filed here. The complaint also asks the court to appoint a receiver, if necessary, and to award Mr. Er langer the. sum of $373,199, with in terest amounting to $18,659, which it alleges represent the value of capi tal in the tlieafiiral business of the partnership which Mr. Erlanger had allowed to accumulate. Shipping Firms Warned Of Approaching Storm Washington, Sept. 28. The weather bureau ordered emergency warnings sent to all shipping and coastal interests on account of a tropical hurricane due on the Lou isiana and Florida coasts late to night or tomorrow. The advice said the disturbance was central at latitude 20, longitude 69. moving north-northeast with in creasing winds. The Weat! Forecast. Fair and cooler Wednesday. Hourly Temperatures. It a. m,. a. m. . 7 a. m. . 8 a. m. . S a. m.. 10 a. m. . 11 a. m. . ..M . .(it ..62 ..1 ,.S2 ..(4 1 P. m Tt I p. m 71 S p. in... ,11 i p. ni 64 5 p. m.. ....... ..61 6 p. m.. ....... ,.6 7 p. m 67 8 p. m..ittA.63 .6; 13 noon ,,,,,.,...( Legion Is Silent As To Politics No Statement on Candidates Or Labor Question Made in Report Made by Reso lutions Committee. Ask Family Allowances Cleveland, Sept. 28. The report of the resolutions committee when it is presented to the convention will not contain a statement one way or the other relative to the stand of the American Legion in regard to pol itics or organized labor, It was learned from an authoritative source during the recess. The report of the nrlitary affairs committee was adopted with an amendment submitted by Virginia, yhich asked that adequate legisla tion be provided to continue the sys tem of family allowances for mar ried enlisted men of the army, navy and marine corps. Pledge Aid to Guard. , The report pledired the aid of the American Legion members in forma tion, recruiting and maintenance of the national guard, to that standard of strength required by the adopted military policy of our government, but recommended repeal of the 119th article of war. The report recommended "adoo- tion by congress of a system of com pulsory universal training which shall include physical and educa tional training and Americanization. as well as efficient military training to form a foundation for future ex- Wended military training in time of war, but the men receiving this training for military service "are in no case to be used as soldiers in time of peace." The purpose of this training, as explained by a member of the committee, was not to de velop soldiers, but to make true Americans physically, mentally and patriotically. In this connection the report approved thes "educational and vocational education in the army and earnestly recommended that no ' backward step be permitted." ; Want Slackers Punished. That section of the report dealing" with slackers urged that "the United States government proceed imme diately to bring to justice and pub lish the names of the slackers who evaded military service." Other recommendations in the re port were: , Continution of training camos for training and education of officers to serve in case of national require ment; creation of a newjj cabinet de partment to deal exclusively with the air service; enactment of a graded retirement law, providing for the retirement of enlisted men of the army after 16, 20 and 25 years of honorable service, , Names Sergeant-at-Arms. ' The first official action of the na tional commander was the appoint ment of David I. McCoy of San Francisco as sergeant-at-arms. .The (Continued on Pa Three, Column Four.) Thousands Pay Last Tributes to Banker And Philanthropist New York, Sept. 28. Thousands, both Jews and Gentiles, mourned Jacob H. Sfchiff, millionarie banker, and philanthropist, at funeral ser- " vices conducted at the Temple Emanuel. While wijjiin the synagague were some of the foremost citizens of the country and state, outside were thousands of men. women and chil dren from the East Side, who had come to honor the memory of their benefactor. The services were marked bv simplicity the pimple ritual of uthociox Jewy. in acccrance with Mr. Schiff's dying request, no eulogy was delivered by the officiat ing rabbis. i When the funeral cortage, with., its flower-bankar casket, moved down Fifth avemie, more than 350 uniformed police and scores of de tectives were used to hold back the throng, which stood with uncovered heads. Interment was in the Salem Field cemetery, Cypress Hills, Long Island. Former Senator Will Stump West for Harding Chicago, Sept. v 28. Former Sen ator Albert J. Beveridge, of Indiana will begin his stumping tour of the west in the . interests ef Senator Harding. October 2. at Madison. Wis., it was announced at republican national committee headquarters. His itinerary includes: October 4. Lincoln; October 6 Denver; Octob-r 8, Salt Lake Citv; October 9. Ogden or Provo. Utah: October 11. San Francisco; October 13. Los Angeles; October 14, Sau Diego, Cal. Michigan Lumber. Camp Is Destroyed by Fire Hoticrbtnn. fVh Snf ?S Th lumber camp of the WoosteLum Jicr company at Worham, was des troyed when brush fires burned No !ivrs were reported lost. Th greatest damage was done to stand rtg timber when the wind fanned th f'mes into the woods. No estimate of the loss has been received here